blood libel

American  

noun

1. the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals.

   blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Etymology

Origin of blood libel

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Some said it was a scar left behind by the Damascus Affair, the blood libel that had driven his Harari ancestors from the city for good.

From Literature

"It's not humanitarian work, it's blood libel," the ministry said at the time.

From BBC

“World Central Kitchen does good work, but this is a blood libel unsupportable by logic or evidence,” Shapiro wrote in a post.

From Salon

You also write that QAnon has always drawn on these older conspiracy theories, whether the New World Order or the Blood Libel.

From Salon

In a Facebook post on Monday, Mr. Netanyahu wrote that Mr. Olmert “brought former employees who would give false testimony and slander my family with a baseless blood libel.”

From New York Times